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This Tiny Caribbean Island Has a Colorful Bungalow Hotel, Electric-Blue Water, and Swimming Pigs Nearby

tiny caribbean island bungalows

You leave your bungalow and walk a few steps to the dock. The harbor water is already glowing a deep turquoise. A small skiff (one that came with your room) idles beside the marina, ready to push out into the channel. Within minutes the shoreline slips behind you. The engine hums across water so clear […]

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Carnival Completes Port Everglades Terminal Upgrade

By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Corporation has completed a large-scale, multimillion-dollar redesign and upgrade of Cruise Terminal 2 at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. The terminal, which is used by Carnival’s Princess Cruises brand, features a “more streamlined departure design” along with a new giant LED screen, a movie theater and “more comfortable” boarding […]

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Nevis Expecting Cruise Boom

By the Caribbean Journal staff The island of Nevis is projecting record-breaking cruise passenger traffic in 2017-2018, tourism officials said this week. There are 100 scheduled cruise calls to the island for this upcoming season, a 72 percent increase compared to 2016-2017, according to Devon Liburd, director of sales and marketing at the Nevis Tourism […]

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First Cruise Ship Returning to St Croix

By the Caribbean Journal staff The first cruise ship since Hurricane Maria is returning to the island of St Croix on Nov. 11, US Virgin Islands tourism officials announced. Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Dawn ship is coming to St Croix with 2,340 passengers and 1,032 crew members on Nov. 11. The ship will visit St […]


Nevis Expecting Cruise Boom

Above: Seabourn Odyssey in Charlotte Amalie on Friday By the Caribbean Journal staff When the Seabourn Odyssey cruise ship arrived in St Thomas on Friday, it was the first non-relief vessel to berth in the US Virgin Islands since Sept. 17, before Hurricane Irma. Indeed, St Thomas’ cruise industry is rebounding quite quickly from the […]

Disney’s New Cruises in the Caribbean

By the Caribbean Journal staff Disney Cruise Line is expanding its offerings to the Caribbean for 2019, the company announced this week. The new slate of sailing is highlighted by three special “Disney Wonder” cruises from San Juan to the southern Caribbean, with six and seven-night voyages in January 2019. Disney is also offering a […]

Carnival Returning to Grand Turk, St Thomas, San Juan

By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Corporation is returning to some of the cruise ports hit hard by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the company announced this week. Several of Carnival’s brands are returning to Grand Turk, St Thomas and San Juan this month. Carnival already returned to Grand Turk on Nov. 1, and will return […]

A Strong Cruise Season So Far for St Kitts

By the Caribbean Journal staff Things are looking strong for St Kitts’ Port Zante so far this season, according to tourism officials. Four inaugural ship calls will be made to Basseterre’s cruise port later this month and in early December, following the inaugural calls of Oceania Cruises’ Sirena, which made its first call to Port […]

Royal Caribbean Returning to San Juan, St Maarten

By the Caribbean Journal staff Cruise line Royal Caribbean International is officially returning to the ports of San Juan and St Maarten. The company announced that its Freedom of the Seas ship would call on San Juan on Nov. 30, bringing 3,782 visitors to Puerto Rico. It will also be the first cruise line to […]

Crystal Cruises Adds More “Getaways”

By the Caribbean Journal staff Luxury cruise line Crystal Cruises has unveiled an expanded slate of its new Crystal Getaways shorter itineraries. The company has added new voyages for both 2017 and 2018, including a pair of cruises in the Caribbean in both years. In 2017, Crystal Serenity will sail eight-day voyages, with one journey […]

Viking Ocean Cruises to Call on San Juan

By the Caribbean Journal staff Viking Ocean Cruises’ Viking Sea cruise ship will be making its first-ever call to San Juan this week, the Puerto Rico Tourism Company confirmed. The ship will arrive at the Port of San Juan on Oct. 26, when it will become the second ship to call on San Juan since […]

Princess’ Newest Culinary Cruise

By the Caribbean Journal staff Princess Cruises is launching a new Culinary Cruise Series featuring a pair of top Miami chefs, the line announced this week. Sailing out of Fort Lauderdale in February, Miami-based chefs Brad Kilgore and Scott Linquist will join travelers on Regal Princess for a week-long journey to the Western Caribbean. The […]

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